1990 Ueno, Tamachi, Shinjuku, Etc.; 2014 Ginza, Shinjuku, Etc.

This batch opens with views of 1990 Ueno Ameyokocho - an area that visually *looks* quite similar today, but *feels* a bit different.  The area has become a little more of a tourist destination for foreign tourists, and a little less of a shopping destination for local residents.  Or at least that's how it seems to me - I could be wrong.

After that is a trip to Omiya, trips to Tamachi, Machida, Shinjuku, Machida, etc.  Thinking back on this period of video recording, I think I had separated the use of the two cameras I had into using the one this batch was recorded with for daily around town stuff, and the other (newer and better) camera for video recording expeditions.

1990 上野のアメ横丁 Ueno Ameyokocho 900921
http://youtu.be/653zPA8vyao

1990 上野駅と上野駅辺り Ueno Station and Station Area 900921
http://youtu.be/LnjeZsW9cXM

1990 大宮駅の見回り Omiya Station Look-around 900921
http://youtu.be/gmAYlfrvzTs

1990 大宮散策散歩 Omiya Walkabout 900921
http://youtu.be/jzmBKHFzHlM

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅-田町駅 朝の通勤 Hibarigaoka to Machida Morning Commute 901001
http://youtu.be/UnASV9YEy1Q

1990 田町駅から仕事まで歩く Walking to Work in Tamachi 901001
http://youtu.be/YtD0k5Zng7k

1990 忙しくない月曜日 Slow Work Day in Tamachi 901001
http://youtu.be/5f5mE-oUKIM

1990 夕方田町 Evening Tamachi 901001
http://youtu.be/CBdGUyzUFOc

1990 Tamachi Rail Ticket Office 901001
http://youtu.be/a6qStdlnZ1I

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅-新宿駅 Hibarigaoka to Shinjuku 901002
http://youtu.be/15mavbFW6fU

1990 田町駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Tamachi to Hibarigaoka 901001
http://youtu.be/w1N3mN2KQoo

1990 新宿彼方此方 Shinjuku Walkabout 901002
http://youtu.be/OczutMJTpwA

1990 夜西新宿から新宿駅まで散歩 Night Walk to Shinjuku Station 901002
http://youtu.be/2D1dlBeVfkc

1990 新宿駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Shinjuku to Hibarigaoka 901002
http://youtu.be/mT29uNgZW1w

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅-新宿駅 Hibarigaoka to Shinjuku 901003
http://youtu.be/DDa0F_UpZzo

1990 Shinjuku Sky Angles 新宿角度空 901003
http://youtu.be/byscTSZAOU0

1990 小田急新宿駅 Odakyu-Shinjuku Station 901003
http://youtu.be/4l0sKgRZ3WU

1990 新宿駅-町田駅 Shinjuku to Machida 901003
http://youtu.be/_s0jLdt9u7A

1990 町田駅辺り一見 Machida Station Area Quick Look 901003
http://youtu.be/3a8ldnHYT-s

1990 町田駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Machida to Hibarigaoka 901003
http://youtu.be/3l-kWBZIyfY

The following few views are basically the same category as the previous batch from 24 years ago in 1990.  Comparing how it felt to record video in 1990 with how it feels now in 2014, there was a novelty to it in 1990 and now it's just an ordinary thing....

飯田橋駅-御茶ノ水駅 中央線 Iidabashi to Ochanomizu - Chuo Line 141003
http://youtu.be/iUhiUDTYF7I

元万世橋駅-神田駅 中央線 Manseibashi to Kanda - Chuo Line 141003
http://youtu.be/ASUMCTtqjTQ

The Sound of Crickets Singing Away at Kanda Station 141003
http://youtu.be/TLijVcFZZek

田町駅-品川駅 山手線 Tamachi to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line FC-View 141003
http://youtu.be/S664fD-Hpak

大塚駅の山手線 Yamanote Line Train Arriving at Otsuka 141004
http://youtu.be/xnPrEZViCe4

And back to around town views - again showing Tamachi, Shinjuku, Hibarigaoka, etc.

1990 Tamachi Overcast Morning 朝の田町 901004
http://youtu.be/TTkZtgRMF5E

1990 Tamachi Late Afternoon 午後の田町 901004
http://youtu.be/0dBJ6m8e84o

1990 夕方田町駅 Evening Tamachi Station 901004
http://youtu.be/U6eYnrBvGXE

1990 田町駅-新宿駅 Tamachi to Shinjuku 901004
http://youtu.be/TdB3-Yzv3Lk

1990 夕方新宿駅南口から西新宿へ Evening Walk Into Nishi-Shinjuku 901004
http://youtu.be/HP6QfSY9Eh4

1990 夜の西新宿から新宿駅まで Nishi-Shinjuku to Shinjuku Station 901004
http://youtu.be/1Z6M6Sfmx6M

1990 新宿駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 Shinjuku to Hibarigaoka 901004
http://youtu.be/QA7RX6A_Fiw

1990 ひばりヶ丘駅-新宿駅 Hibarigaoka to Shinjuku 901005
http://youtu.be/HdYaA3atJ1Y

1990 新宿駅南口隣のお昼の様子 Noontime View of Shinjuku South Exit Street 901005
http://youtu.be/PZaLfsjOyIs

1990 Odakyu Shinjuku Station 小田急新宿駅ホームの様子 901005
http://youtu.be/XNdojDVV5Ow

And then the rest of the views in this batch of video views are all from 2014.  I've been busy this past month+ and so some time has passed since taking them (over a month!).  Ideally, I'd like to comment on these soon after taking them, or at least watch them again before commenting, but I really don't have the time at the moment to do that.

高田馬場駅隣土曜日お昼の様子 Takadanobaba Afternoon Stationside Scene 141004g
http://youtu.be/-ofN01NDpDI

有楽町駅-品川駅 雨の山手線 Yurakucho to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 140925
http://youtu.be/RW3PT_edcJA

Arriving at Ochanomizu on the Chuo Line 中央線 総武線 御茶ノ水駅 140926
http://youtu.be/JApDNyELYFs

Quick 360 on a Tokyo Station Platform 東京駅ホーム360度 140926
http://youtu.be/82_cr53YWZc

田町駅-品川駅 左側の山手線 Tamachi to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 140926
http://youtu.be/_DFiupROy7c

中村千代展 Nakamura Chiyo Exhibition - Gallery Kazuki 画廊香月 140926
http://youtu.be/W0CMyk3xlow

駒込駅隣の360度 Afternoon Komagome Station Area 360 140930
http://youtu.be/nXs-oA6PGjY

駒込駅の山手線 Waiting for the Yamanote Line at Komagome Station 140930
http://youtu.be/PDyD8yx5aF0

西日暮里駅-上野駅 山手線の右側 Nishi-Nippori to Ueno - Yamanote Line 140930
http://youtu.be/UMBd8qyHE9c

御徒町駅-秋葉原駅 山手線 Okachimachi to Akihabara - Yamanote Line 140930
http://youtu.be/cyT4gaOQjDw

Rattling Vertical Signs in Akihabara 秋葉原電気街 140930
http://youtu.be/TSNDNZwDycg

Although this was taken back in September(!), I remember this one very clearly.  I was in Akihabara when I noticed an unusual rattling sound and looked up - discovering the source of the sound to be the many metal rollers inside the vertical metal frames for vertical display banners - being pushed back and forth in the metal frames by a fairly strong wind.

They used to have more of these on building sides, but they're much less common now.  Outside billboard-style advertising in general is becoming less and less common, since people are walking around looking down at their cell-phone-computer screens all the time and hardly ever bother to look around when they're outside.

夕暮れの西新宿 元淀橋 Twilight Nishi-Shinjuku Stroll 140930g
http://youtu.be/I_GLjBfuyPQ

新宿工事現場 ホームの様子 Shinjuku Construction Symphony of Noise 141002g
http://youtu.be/6h1yrDayRrw

新宿駅-大崎駅 湘南新宿ライン東海道線直通特別快速 Shinjuku to Osaki SSLTCTK 141002
http://youtu.be/nVKMJMbojqM

Akihabara Plaza 360 秋葉原広場360度 141002
http://youtu.be/2CQ3M9WKmJE

Kawase Kazuyo A 河瀬和世展示会 和紙の世界-V2 Exhibition at Art Space Rondo 141003
http://youtu.be/4zC2eP-h1jU

Kawase Kazuyo B 河瀬和世展示会 和紙の世界-V2 Exhibition at Art Space Rondo 141003
http://youtu.be/JWAGqRVYGK8

駒込駅 夜ホームの様子 Nighttime Komagome Station Platform 141003
http://youtu.be/dps-d_-aeak

Yamanote Line Train Arriving Behind Platform Wall 山手線 高田馬場駅 141007
http://youtu.be/Re8L7hdMl4k

Akihabara Side Street 秋葉原横道 141007
http://youtu.be/U_RtghL-jqg

Looking Up and Down Late Afternoon Platform at Akihabara Station 秋葉原駅 141007
http://youtu.be/Jn5EGKvoBgE

秋葉原駅で総武線電車が遣って来る Sobu Line Trains at Akihabara 141007
http://youtu.be/PP7cBl8UTF0

大崎駅の夕暮れ電車など Twilight Trains Passing Osaki Station 141009
http://youtu.be/YNKsnfyjO8E

Twilight Osaki Residential Towers 夕暮れの大崎 141010
http://youtu.be/Pg6xzbhk_y0

Yurakucho Evening Street 夕方有楽町の道 141010
http://youtu.be/XAD1wtJ-htA

堀越千秋展示会 (ア) Horikoshi Chiaki Exhibition at Gallery Kazuki 画廊香月 141010
http://youtu.be/P_Ol6YEAUTM

堀越千秋展示会 (イ) Horikoshi Chiaki Exhibition at Gallery Kazuki 画廊香月 141010
http://youtu.be/Li8-5iXuDsg

堀越千秋展示会 (ウ) Horikoshi Chiaki Exhibition at Gallery Kazuki 画廊香月 141010
http://youtu.be/797K_vXSjWE

堀越千秋展示会 (エ) Horikoshi Chiaki Exhibition at Gallery Kazuki 画廊香月 141010
http://youtu.be/dgZWlW1koCY

Una Lee Exhibition at Ginza Art Space Rondo ウナ・リー展示会 銀座アートスペース・ロンド 141010
http://youtu.be/AoCqqrHztjI

In this view (above), the artist briefly explains a couple of her paintings.

横山光伸展示会 (ア) Yokoyama Mitsunobu Exhibition アートギャラリー石 141010
http://youtu.be/EKy53pMccRA

横山光伸展示会 (イ) Yokoyama Mitsunobu Exhibition アートギャラリー石 141010
http://youtu.be/JAmUup1oXdw

Asphalt Desolation 141010
http://youtu.be/JWIVuTqrNQA

With high-rise towers now being the standard form of new construction in Tokyo, there appears to be a requirement to have a certain amount of green that goes with each tower, so areas with no plant life whatsoever like this desolate late-night view are becoming rare (fortunately!).

有楽町ガード下の居酒屋 Yurakucho Under-Tracks-Izakaya 141010
http://youtu.be/bObExwn98Kg

Yurakucho Autumn Street Izakaya 有楽町秋道居酒屋 141010
http://youtu.be/tZnBxabc9ys

Yurakucho Autumn Street Izakaya 有楽町秋道居酒屋 141010
http://youtu.be/tZnBxabc9ys

有楽町ガード下スタンドバー居酒屋ストリートシーン Yurakucho-SB 141010
http://youtu.be/EfYAHAmedsQ

有楽町駅-東京駅 金曜日の夜十時山手線 10PM Yurakucho to Tokyo - Yamanote 141010
http://youtu.be/_B3UaYlYWY0

Chuo Line Arriving at Kunitachi Station 国立駅に中央線が遣って来る 141010
http://youtu.be/fvq8n0jf8pY

Train Race to Shibuya 渋谷駅まで 山手線の隣 141011
http://youtu.be/LHW-0tsZxqo

渋谷駅-大崎駅 湘南新宿ライン Train Race with Yamanote Line from Shibuya 141011
http://youtu.be/_J-CiYs9yCI

大崎何とか祭り Walkway Event in Osaki 141011
http://youtu.be/ol_EbqhPxxo

Halloween Exhibition and Performance Art at Ginza Forest Gallery 141021
http://youtu.be/-EXB9PyeD5w

Interesting Visitors at Art Space Rondo 銀座アートスペース ロンドの不思議の客様 141021
http://youtu.be/7xaimDKJOCo

夕方新宿駅 Evening Shinjuku Station 141021
http://youtu.be/h1rw6MdBEp8

Welding Light Show in Nighttime Shinjuku 新宿南口 夜の工事現場 141021
http://youtu.be/1h2r_2mrMyU

新宿東口の夜道散策散歩 Shinjuku East Side Night Walkabout 141021
http://youtu.be/iKBWykMGCFw

田町駅-品川駅 山手線 Riding Past Former Shinagawa Rail Yards in October 2014 (141017)
http://youtu.be/v52IYQ5PFYY

Boarding Tozai Line at Nihonbashi 東西線 日本橋駅のホーム 141017
http://youtu.be/_8GlgSr8gVU

西武新宿線の夜高田馬場駅ホーム Seibu-Shinjuku Line Takadanobaba Station 141017
http://youtu.be/BCh8E2JO0Mw

夜の秋虫音 Insect Noises at Night 141017
http://youtu.be/XpZ9U3U3tik

Narrow Stairs 141021
http://youtu.be/N9NVydSp5WQ

有楽町駅夕方ホーム Evening Yurakucho Station Platform View 141014
http://youtu.be/IcRFpK_RjDM

新宿駅夕方ホーム Evening Shinjuku Station Platform View 141014
http://youtu.be/J2tbd8HDPB4

新宿駅南口前の様子 Shinjuku South Exit Night Sidewalk Scene 141014n
http://youtu.be/VX-VlYDVdlY

新宿駅南口の夜 Shinjuku Station Night South Side Quick Look-Around 141014n
http://youtu.be/tQ5bllggd6Q

Shinjuku South Side Pedestrian Overpass Look-Around 新宿南口の夜 141014
http://youtu.be/NztYOZ_1VGY

Shinjuku Southern Terrace at Night - Installing End-of-Year Lighting 141014
http://youtu.be/ZQpi4PJKiFQ

Riding Chuo Line into Kanda Station 中央線 神田駅 141017
http://youtu.be/CVrWKXamPbA

Yamanote Line Platforms at Kanda - Early Stage of Platform Wall Construction 141017
http://youtu.be/PSGB2ut8-kQ

有楽町駅-新橋駅 山手線 Yurakucho to Shinbashi - Yamanote Line 141017
http://youtu.be/9GIV3BrII8o

秋葉原駅山手線ホームの様子 Akihabara Station Platform View 141021
http://youtu.be/Q0qNV9UW-lQ

神田駅-有楽町駅 山手線 Kanda to Yurakucho - Yamanote Line 141021g
http://youtu.be/L_yAsu10FfY

Shinkansen Trains Passing Yurakucho 夕方新幹線が有楽町駅を通る 141021g
http://youtu.be/WyUWzsolNy8

Boarding Train in Shinjuku 141023
http://youtu.be/fRyF1lkJFP4

神田駅の電車 Watching Trains at Kanda Station 141024
http://youtu.be/DE5ScWMq48Q

Keio Line Side Window View 京王線 141025
http://youtu.be/I1j0-MrtG-0

Hachioji Station Elevated Plaza 八王子駅前広場 141025
http://youtu.be/Z7EH1KUJCr4

Twilight 141025
http://youtu.be/TTPHZbOW0o4

新宿駅-大崎駅 湘南新宿ライン東海道線直通特別快速 Shinjuku to Osaki SSLTCTK 141023
http://youtu.be/WrzSZmQUEDA

夜の大崎 Nighttime Osaki 141023
http://youtu.be/Ad5khHx2kUw

Osaki Escalator Ride 大崎駅ホームまでのエスカレーター 141023g
http://youtu.be/Gl7S9E_cw0k

飯田橋駅-神田駅 中央線各駅と快速 Iidabashi to Kanda - Chuo Line Local and Rapid 141024
http://youtu.be/E6421m0rKHg

有楽町駅-浜松町駅-田町駅 山手線 Yurakucho to Tamachi - Yamanote Line 141024
http://youtu.be/EeQx14HSX2E

田町駅-品川駅 山手線 Tamachi to Shinagawa - Yamanote Line 141024
http://youtu.be/HkfYZrdVGJA

日本橋の夜 Nighttime Nihonbashi 141024
http://youtu.be/DyFknS0kHfU

Waiting for a Train at Keio-Takao Station 141025
http://youtu.be/YKQMpswzZI4

高尾駅-狭間駅 京王線 Takao to Hazama - Keio Line 141025
http://youtu.be/HtJk_J3R6Zc

北野駅ホームの様子 京王線 Kitano Station Platform View 141025
http://youtu.be/a3i8m-i9K3Y

北野駅-京王八王子駅 京王線 Kitano to Keio-Hachioji - Keio Line 141025
http://youtu.be/5aIpOF2n11M

The timing for this video was good and after pulling out of the station at the same time as the train on the other platform (and briefly running in parallel) a JR train comes alongside and then while passing under another JR line, a train is going by overhead while we pass underneath.  All in all, it was  a great ride for seeing other trains.

Twilight Akihabara Streets 夕暮れの秋葉原の道 141028
http://youtu.be/Ey0K8Ysmbuw

有楽町駅-東京駅 山手線 Yurakucho to Tokyo - Yamanote Line 141031
http://youtu.be/JqdlQkm5iR0

西武新宿線の窓情景 Seibu-Shinjuku Line Window View 141101
http://youtu.be/2YDWLdWFmIQ

Seibu-Shinjuku Line Window View 西武新宿線の窓情景 左側 141101
http://youtu.be/XyLqWhdmB60

池袋駅東口前 雨の日 Ikebukuro Rainy Day Sidewalk on East Side 141101
http://youtu.be/eRjZwQGUcuU

練馬駅-保谷駅 西武池袋線 Nerima to Hoya - Seibu-Ikebukuro Line 141101
http://youtu.be/U5BrheWPVRo

保谷駅-清瀬駅 西武池袋線 Hoya to Kiyose - Seibu-Ikebukuro Line 141101
http://youtu.be/Voe-cbV7rXU

所沢駅ホームの様子 Tokorozawa Station Platform View 141101
http://youtu.be/8J6ggrNZjWc

夕方東京駅内 Evening Tokyo Station 141028
http://youtu.be/paQNwULTdTU

東京駅八重洲口夜散策散歩 Tokyo Station Yaesu Side - Night Walkabout 141028
http://youtu.be/mmOZCYBWJZw

夜の高田馬場駅 Nighttime Takadanobaba Station 141028
http://youtu.be/mfq4I5pegns

西武高田馬場駅 夜ホームの様子 Evening Seibu Takadanobaba Platform View 141028
http://youtu.be/c_bYCfZAG0A

西武新宿線の夜窓ビュー 高田馬場駅-鷺ノ宮駅 Seibu-Shinjuku Line Night Window View 141028
http://youtu.be/o68eeufGqHk

東村山駅で西武拝島線を乗る Boarding Seibu-Haijima Line at Higashi-Murayama Station 141028
http://youtu.be/K6NcnQpSgqs

Evening Train Arriving at Osaki 夕方列車が大崎駅に到着 141030
http://youtu.be/_N6F8apW0EM

新宿駅中央線ホームからの左右の様子 Shinjuku Chuo Line Platform Left-Right View 141030
http://youtu.be/xnLwVQfiHC0

Osaki Station Area Night Walkway 大崎駅へ向かう 141031
http://youtu.be/CbLv10Dgcns

大崎駅辺り東側夜見回り Osaki Station Area - East Side Look-Around 141031
http://youtu.be/bMdu8efwuFs

大崎夜回る情景など Osaki Spinning Night View Etc 141031
http://youtu.be/KiJtvCrBmDQ

大崎駅夜山手線ホーム Osaki Station Night Yamanote Platform 141031
http://youtu.be/ObSUomowEFY

山手線が大崎駅に遣って来る Yamanote Line Arriving at Osaki 141031
http://youtu.be/n7OHYsm5dMw

有楽町金曜日の夜 駅辺り Yurakucho Friday Night 141031
http://youtu.be/RlL7UmyS614

夜の有楽町スタンドバー辺り Yurakucho-SB - Passing Night Train 141031
http://youtu.be/nKJgVehqn7E

有楽町駅の方に走るなど Elevated Keihin-Tohoku Line at Yurakucho Etc 141031
http://youtu.be/NI2q1_NlnYg

東西線車内移動 早稲田駅-高田馬場駅 Evening Tozai Line Interior 141028g
http://youtu.be/XsftAr6bbQo

Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://youtube.com/lylehsaxon
http://lylehsaxon.blogspot.jp/
http://lookback1997.blogspot.jp/
http://tokyoht.blogspot.jp/

"1990 Urawa, Ueno, Etc; 1991 Korakuen, Shinjuku, Tokyo Monorail, Etc; 2013 Manseibashi Station, Shinjuku, Hamamatsucho, Etc"

[A quick note about the photos - I've tried to match photos with the videos, and most of them match, but some of the photos are not an exact match with the content of the video they are near.]  Out and about, here and there in Tokyo in 1990, 1991, and 2013.  a couple of things that stand out in this batch for me personally are:

- The former Manseibashi Station platform (the one that remains) has reopened (as a shopping and restaurant complex) with much of a couple of its old staircases (one dating back to 1912) intact (I think both passageways are from 1912, but the stone *steps* of one were apparently replaced with concrete some decades ago).

Watching construction on the platform while passing the site on the Chuo Line, I had been worried about whether they were going to preserve the original remaining elements of the old Manseibashi Station, so I was quite happy to see they had, and spent a bit of time looking the place over, having a coffee on the platform (now a cafe by day and pub by night), and going back later that evening to have a beer (see "Manseibashi" videos below).

- Riding my Hi8 time machine back to 1991 and riding on the Marunouchi Line.  I have posted views of the old type Marunouchi Line trains coming into various stations before, but I don't think I've ever recorded the inside as extensively as I did on Friday, April 19th, 1991.  It was during the late morning and it wasn't crowded, so the conditions were good, and the sounds of the old trains are possibly more interesting even than the visual elements.  (It's a strange thing about sound - it's a huge part of atmosphere, but is easily forgotten... until heard again, when so many memories come back upon hearing long-forgotten sounds.)

1990 - Urawa Bus Rides Etc 浦和バスなど (900926)
http://youtu.be/d_LKBSMT7sY

1990 - Urawa to Ueno 浦和駅-上野駅 (900926)
http://youtu.be/PXrPlh26ts4

1990 - Ueno Station (Evening) 夕方の上野駅 (900926)
http://youtu.be/aJWkBn8lXeY

1990 - Ueno to Hibarigaoka 上野駅-ひばりヶ丘駅 (900926)
http://youtu.be/1O6iJVy9QOI

1990 - Ikebukuro to Tamachi (Morning) 朝の池袋駅-田町駅 (900927)
http://youtu.be/ilMnwyg42Q8

1990 - Shiba Walkabout 芝散策散歩 (900927)
http://youtu.be/8tevRuWC2fE

1990 - Tamachi to Shinjuku 田町駅-新宿駅 (900927)
http://youtu.be/HFSeLZp2B9Q

1990 - Night Out in Shinjuku Etc 夜の新宿など (900927)
http://youtu.be/q3hCnL9B4AM

The bubble era is much overrated by young people today, but there was an optimism about the time that is definitely different from the worrisome times we now live in....  A little of that optimistic atmosphere can be seen and heard (somewhat) in this 1990 video.

Musashikogane to Mitaka 武蔵小金井駅-三鷹駅 中央線 (130926)
http://youtu.be/8t1F5KyGJak

Mitaka to Nakano (Chuo Line) 三鷹駅-中野駅 中央線 (130926)
http://youtu.be/PtGZMkpL7D0

Nakano to Shinjuku (Chuo Line) 中野駅-新宿駅 中央線 (130926)
http://youtu.be/9r7-GguoZnU

End of Platform Bound (Shinjuku) ホームの様子 (130926)
http://youtu.be/qbxB8Y_jUiE

A ten (or eleven, or fifteen) carriage long train is fairly long, and depending on where the exit is where you want to get off and how much time you have, it's sometimes important to get on the train towards one end or the other.

アートギャラリー石 グループ展 Art Gallery Ishi Group Exhibition (130926)
http://youtu.be/tMvhN5JOJSc

Ginza Main Street Bound 銀座横道から中央通りまで (130926)
http://youtu.be/geHpCWO_LXc

Yurakucho Izakaya Street (Quick View) 有楽町居酒屋道の一見 (130926)
http://youtu.be/mSxVVgS66qM

EF 64 37 八王子駅 Hachioji Station (131002)
http://youtu.be/tBRTuAcMYwo

A quick look at a freight locomotive from the window of a passing Chuo Line train at Hachioji Station.

Shinjuku to Ebisu - Shonan-Shinjuku Line 新宿駅-恵比寿駅 湘南新宿ライン (131003)
http://youtu.be/0sb6SfwUiwE

These trains tend to be quicker to Ebisu than the Yamanote Line (depending on how long you have to wait to board the train in the first place), but you have to be careful about what type of train it is, as not all of them stop at Ebisu.

Hamamatsucho to Yurakucho (Yamanote Line) 浜松町駅-有楽町駅 山手線 (131003)
http://youtu.be/bi4hahr-LOE

Kawase Kazuyo (A) 河瀬和世 Exhibition at Art Space Rondo (131003)
http://youtu.be/Lqcoojmm_cE

Kawase Kazuyo (B) 河瀬和世 Exhibition at Art Space Rondo (131003)
http://youtu.be/obCfZBDyFHQ

Kikuchi Megumi キクチメグミ Tsutsumi Yoshihiko つつみよしひこ Y's ARTS-508 (131003)
http://youtu.be/eDZFeCikKC4

Yurakucho to Tokyo (Yamanote Line) 有楽町駅-東京駅 山手線 (131003)
http://youtu.be/6yDD25MfszA

Shinjuku Construction Site 新宿駅隣工事現場 (130926)
http://youtu.be/D5PEH5-9MwQ

At the moment, there's a pretty spectacular view of a large construction project right next to Shinjuku Station.  With the unusual condition of the railway forming a barrier, there's a clear view from the Saikyo Line platform of the project and it looks quite amazing, considering this kind of thing is usually out of sight behind high white construction walls.

Shinjuku to Ebisu (Yamanote Line) 新宿駅-恵比寿駅 山手線 (130926)
http://youtu.be/xfH7sdolm78

Hamamatsucho Street Corner 浜松町の角 (130926)
http://youtu.be/OpAIziaFhEQ

Evening Yurakucho Station 夕方有楽町駅ホーム (130926)
http://youtu.be/VvLaIXDq36I

Bridge Dance Yurakucho 橋踊り 有楽町 (130926)
http://youtu.be/yWqxvM-dO_0

Meaning looking around *under* a rail bridge, not *on* it.  The steel bridges make the coolest sounds when trains go by overhead....

ある有楽町の夜 Windy Evening in Yurakucho (130926)
http://youtu.be/hQKigsZ8MLA

Yurakucho Station - Ticket Gates to Platform 夜の有楽町駅 (130926)
http://youtu.be/EkaD96SLW98

有楽町駅-東京駅 中央線 Yurakucho to Tokyo (Yamanote Line) 130926
http://youtu.be/BowYVqz4fhY

東京駅-御茶ノ水駅 中央線 Tokyo to Ochanomizu (Chuo Line) 130926
http://youtu.be/7t0FSKjebWM

Departing Shinjuku - Chuo Line Window View 新宿駅から西へ (130926)
http://youtu.be/R2GrS5efa-w

Platform View of Chuo Line Departing Hino Station (130926)
http://youtu.be/RKmnG65we7k

Platform views at elevated Hino Station late at night on a warm night.  This kind of platform can be really cold on a cold and windy night in the depths of winter, but is... (well... can be) an interesting experience when the temperatures are warm.

[Photo note (below): The original photo is properly exposed, but the exposure has been ruined by some bloody auto-mutate "feature" in Blogger that has ruined the picture as it appears here.  I'm leaving it in as an example of why auto-mutate is Evil.  Hello Google?  Can I somehow turn off auto-mutate?  I very sincerely, honestly, passionately hate it.  It ruined this picture and seams to be designed to ruin any picture that has some area of black in the frame.  The picture was taken at night, alright?  The sky is *supposed* to be black!  Sorry for the rant, this kind of evil auto-mutate "feature" is ruining my night pictures!  Please enable an option to de-mutate pictures that have been ruined like this one.]

夜の日野駅 Waiting for a Train at Hino Station (130926)
http://youtu.be/ifTlL8J2ioU

Kokubunji to Nakano (Chuo Line) 国分寺駅-中野駅 中央線 (131003)
http://youtu.be/htXhWnbii2I

Nakano to Shinjuku (Chuo Line) 中野駅-新宿駅 中央線 (131003)
http://youtu.be/_Fwl_vZHZDw

Evening Hamamatsucho 夕方浜松町 (131003)
http://youtu.be/T8sVsvU_oGo

Twilight Walk to Hamamatsucho Station 夕暮れの浜松町駅 (131003)
http://youtu.be/twP-71Ui-WM

Hamamatsucho to Yurakucho FCV 浜松町駅-有楽町駅 山手線 (130926g)
http://youtu.be/2XsjIIr40KA

1990 - Tokyo Here and There 東京の彼方此方 (900928)
http://youtu.be/tdQ4wkTlrs8

There's a lot to see in this 1:11:19 (one hour, eleven minute, and nineteen second) video (taken Friday, September 28th, 1990).  From waiting for a Saikyo Line train in Ikebukuro, to a rare view of people tightly packed together inside the train (including myself) at around the 00:50 mark (rare, because I almost never *attempted* to take pictures under those conditions inside the trains), continuing on to a look at the south exit area at Shinjuku Station, and then a relaxing ride on a reserved seat express train from Shinjuku to Machida.

After that, a trip to Harajuku (via the Chiyoda Line); a view of a passing right-wing group in a parade of trucks and cars; many more train scenes; walking scenes, etc.; culminating in a visit to the old 1935 haunted hotel in Ryogoku (near the Ryogoku Bridge), which has since been demolished and replaced with a large condominium residence building.

Most of the old hotel part of the video I've posted before, and I posted a video combining a little less of what is shown at the end of this long clip with material from the next tape.  Just covering the hotel (with a little leading into it) is this older clip (combining material from two different tapes):

Old 1935 Ryogoku Hotel - Haunted in 1990 - (900928) - １９３５年の両国ホテル
http://youtu.be/2mtv5rjecwA

The following is (edited) text I previously posted in the "Description" section of that video post of the old hotel:

I was walking around recording images & sounds of the area along the river and soon after crossing over the Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku-bashi) and arriving on the Ryogoku Station side of the river not far from Ryogoku Station (just upriver), I noticed unusual-looking doors in an old building....

Taking a closer look, I peered through the glass doors and saw what looked like a hotel front desk, although there was no one in sight and it was clearly not being used as a hotel as I stood there, in September 1990.  I walked in (not something I would do now, in the security-conscious 21st century, but at the time, it wasn't so outrageous), and after looking around the halls a little, and seeing what I thought were vacant apartment rooms on the top floor, I ran into a tenant who told me that the hotel was built in 1935, and was a luxury hotel at the time, with nice views of the river (now obscured by the expressway).

He went on to explain that the building had been requisitioned by the US military following the end of WW-II and used as a residence for US military women.  It used to have high-ceilinged hallways, but fake ceilings had been put in (with florescent lights).

There were plans to tear the building down, but the last ten (or so) tenants were resisting.  Apparently the building had been used in some old movies as well.  He told me it was alright to take pictures in the halls, but to be careful of the second floor, as a few people lived there.  That building is long gone now, but I'm still hoping to find out more about it.  I did see one photo taken from across the river that shows it looking modern at the time (1930's).

1991 Korakuen Amusement Park 後楽園遊園地 (910223)
http://youtu.be/2menw30vK1w

Korakuen Amusement Park has since been extensively rebuilt, so this may be of some historical interest as it shows how it used to look.  [Photo note: Most of the following photos from 1991 are bleached out - this is the result of an evil auto-mutate "feature" in Blogger that destroys photographs by dumping electronic bleach over them.  Evil - with a capital E... Evil.  Google - please stop destroying my photos with this horrible auto-mutation "feature".]

1991 Korakuen to Ikebukuro Etc 後楽園駅-池袋駅など (910223)
http://youtu.be/sNajbGY-XrI

1991 Hibarigaoka to Shinjuku Etc ひばりヶ丘駅-新宿など (910226)
http://youtu.be/sKhOJrNry6E

1991 Shinjuku Bookstore Visit Etc 新宿本屋など (910226)
http://youtu.be/Q6A7LdiTfdo

A fairly long look inside a large bookstore in Shinjuku - mainly on the foreign books floor.  Now that most foreigners nearly always buy books on-line, it's more difficult to find English books in (physical) bookstores than it used to be, although the large stores of Kinokuniya and Maruzen still carry them.  I don't buy nearly as many books as I used to (too much reading on-line material...), but it's nice to look at real books and pick one out in person now and then (as opposed to clicking on pictures on the screen).

1991 Shinjuku Here and There 新宿の彼方此方 (910226)
http://youtu.be/3AWT5W6JhyQ

1991 Shinjuku to Shibuya Etc 新宿駅-渋谷駅など (910226)
http://youtu.be/PK05X91GHUk

1991 東急田園都市線 Riding the Denentoshi Line (910226)
http://youtu.be/8dYB3A9Lfd0

This video is important among my material from 1990-93 in that I didn't use the Denentoshi Line very often, and so this footage recording an outbound trip during the evening commute is fairly rare (among my own material in any case).

1991 Out Late in Suburban Tokyo 終電車を間に合わない時 (910226)
http://youtu.be/7lH5uwSHwfA

1991 東急田園都市線 / Denentoshi Line

1991 東急田園都市線 / Denentoshi Line

1991 彼方此方と新宿駅新改札口物語 Manual Ticket Gates in Shinjuku (910228)
http://youtu.be/fnN50NQNTcg

This shows part of the transition process they went through in converting from manual ticket gates to automatic (machine) ticket gates.

1991 Walking Around in Ikebukuro Etc 池袋の彼方此方とか (910301)
http://youtu.be/rCxyYn5vyiY

1991 Tokyo Monorail Heiwajima-AF Etc 東京モノレールーで平和島へ (910302)
http://youtu.be/3g3nqgQjUL8

While riding the Tokyo Monorail out to an antique fair, I stood in the middle of the carriage and recorded video out both sides of the train - looking to the right, then to the left, back to the right, etc.

1991 Tokyo Monorail Heiwajima-AF Etc / 東京モノレール

1991 Tokyo Monorail Heiwajima-AF Etc / 東京モノレール

1991 Tokyo Monorail Heiwajima-AF Etc / 東京モノレール

1991 Tokyo Monorail Heiwajima-AF Etc / 東京モノレール

Shinjuku to Ebisu (Shonan-Shinjuku Line) 新宿駅-恵比寿駅 湘南新宿ライン (131004)
http://youtu.be/js8KDddTZUg

Shinjuku to Otsuka (Yamanote Line) 新宿駅-大塚駅 山手線左側 (131005)
http://youtu.be/qEn7T9pvHhc

Asagaya to Shinjuku (Chuo Line-UD) 阿佐ヶ谷駅-新宿駅 中央線 上下 (131011)
http://youtu.be/oMVQmabgIxg

The "UD" in the title stands for "upside down".  You might want to skip this one.  I was experimenting with a steep angle and the result isn't particularly good.  If you *do* watch it, keep in mind that the world is round and "up" is just a state of mind....

Shinjuku to Kanda (Chuo Line) 新宿駅-神田駅 中央線 (131011)
http://youtu.be/9hng2iYGloM

御茶ノ水駅に総武線が到着 Sobu Line Train Arriving at Ochanomizu (131011)
http://youtu.be/-DNoUoYqqtk

Descending Stairway at Ochanomizu Station 御茶ノ水駅の階段 ホームに向かう (131011)
http://youtu.be/Xjj4vvoX7Rk

Twilight Train Arriving at Osaki Station (131004)
http://youtu.be/o9iy2SKjmXs

Descending Osaki Narrow Escalator 大崎駅エスカレーター (131004)
http://youtu.be/bSPQ40TAZlU

Tokyo Yaesu-Side Big Roof Look Around 東京駅八重洲口新しい屋根 (131004)
http://youtu.be/Aqw1IaHcxjI

The big roof on the Yaesu Side of Tokyo Station has been unveiled and looks fairly interesting.  Not being a big fan of form over function though, I'm not overly enthusiastic about it.

Tokyo Yaesu-Side Construction Site Viewed from 2nd Level Under Big Roof (131004)
http://youtu.be/QCADPbVNdRY

Otsuka Station Platform to Exit 大塚駅の様子と通る成田エクスプレス (131005)
http://youtu.be/OxP9B5OAQmM

Chuo Line at Speed 中央線のドア窓の風景 (131005)
http://youtu.be/xQ-aprU3cVw

Shinjuku Evening ST-Construction (Pedestrian Bridge Etc) 夕方の新宿南口 (131008g)
http://youtu.be/_6LgSt9Qn8o

The "ST" in this title is for "Southern-Terrace" as in "Shinjuku Southern Terrace" (I should have called it SST...).  The construction is *next to* the terrace - not on the terrace itself.  (But the terrace is actually in Shibuya-ku, so maybe it's best to just call it "Southern Terrace" after all.  On the other hand, the "southern" part of that refers to the fact that it's south of Shinjuku Station, by the Shinjuku Station exit that is... in Shibuya....)

Shinjuku Omoide-Yokocho Etc 新宿思い出横丁など 夜の散策散歩 (131008)
http://youtu.be/cNFP7rt2qlQ

Old Houses in Toranomon 虎ノ門の古い家 (131010)
http://youtu.be/P9GmGK_VcCQ

Walking about in Tokyo, you used to see old houses like these here and there all over the city, but they are becoming extremely rare (in central Tokyo in any case).

Hamamatsucho - Ticket Gates to Platform 浜松町駅 改札口-ホームまで (131010)
http://youtu.be/R-jxSY1LTqQ

Hamamatsucho to Yurakucho (Yamanote Line FCV) 浜松町駅-有楽町駅 山手線 (131010)
http://youtu.be/BYoIvX-uvK0

Yamanote Line Train Departing Yurakucho Station 有楽町駅 夕方山手線 (131010)
http://youtu.be/sCGsnxQJkz8

Inner-Outer Ginza Barrier Road (131010)
http://youtu.be/d9Gllg9PnKU

My term - I find this huge expanse of asphalt to be the barrier between the walkable Ginza I know and love and the outer Ginza I don't know very well and usually don't feel motivated to cross all this asphalt and machine noise to get to.

Tokyo would be a much nicer city if personal cars were outlawed and the focus shifted back to pedestrians and mass transit....

Yurakucho Overhead Trackside October Evening 有楽町ガードの隣 (131010)
http://youtu.be/tB_4Ff0a2o0

Hmm... not a good title!  If the rails were on the ground, it would have just been "Yurakucho Trackside" and I probably should have just stuck with that, regardless of the rails being elevated.  In any case, this video (above) shows the area next to the elevated tracks in Yurakucho.

Yurakucho to Tokyo (Yamanote Line) 有楽町駅-東京駅 山手線 (131010)
http://youtu.be/rGPKW2Hd8pU

Kanda Station Under Construction 工事中の神田駅 (131011)
http://youtu.be/JZ03INcLUCU

North Side of Kanda Station 神田駅北口から散策散歩を出発 (131011)
http://youtu.be/k8y-qykQbYM

Kanda-Sudacho 1-Chome Construction 神田須田町一丁目工事現場 (131011)
http://youtu.be/WdGlbq_Mgd0

Former Manseibashi Station Platform Stairs 元万世橋駅階段とホーム (131011)
http://youtu.be/0n_BIskfhjE

After watching the construction work on the old Manseibashi Station platform over the past year or so, when I looked out the right side window of an inbound Chuo Line train on this particular day and suddenly noticed people sitting at tables on the old platform, I jumped off the train at Kanda and hurried back to have a look (better to have walked there from Akihabara though).

Later - sitting at the glassed in, but open air (no roof) area on the platform while drinking an ice-coffee ("iced coffee" I guess, but I'm used to the local term), it was fun to watch the Chuo Line trains going by and to think of the history of the platform I was sitting on.

風と草 元万世橋駅ホームカフェ Wind in the Grass - Manseibashi Station Cafe (131011)
http://youtu.be/RMeQl27eEnk

Twilight in Osaki 大崎の夕暮れ (131011)
http://youtu.be/fidC0nod8yY

Osaki Reflections and Station Entrance 大崎夜の反射と駅入り口 (131011)
http://youtu.be/zJzhu2buvIM
[Photo note: I had a great picture for this, but Blogger's auto-mutate, eradicate-all-quality-from-night-pictures "feature" destroyed it, so I had to delete it.  Hello, Google?  Can you please stop destroying my night pictures (by dumping electronic bleach all over them)?]

Akihabara Station at 800PM 午後八時の秋葉原駅 (131011)
http://youtu.be/EzMSg0BxEA4

Manseibashi Station Area 元万世橋駅辺りの散策散歩 (131011)
http://youtu.be/31EGs1HJh6s

Making a mental note of the fact that the Manseibashi platform cafe becomes an izakaya at night, I returned in the evening to see what it was like to have a beer on the open part of the platform (where I had earlier had a cup of coffee).  Thinking back on it - I can't say one is better than the other - they are both interesting and good experiences; warm and sunny in the afternoon, and slightly mysterious and moody at night with the many reflections of the lights of the passing trains on the glass walls.

Incidentally, some signs at the entrance refer to the newly developed part of the platform as the "2013 Platform", but it's the 1912 platform with a 2013 section built onto/into the middle.  The reason for this confusion is probably the same cause of the railways calling one side of a single platform - for example - "Platform One" and the other side of the very same platform "Platform Two" (rather than more correctly saying "Track One" and "Track Two").  With the import of the word, unfortunately its meaning as a single item was lost and it has some fuzzy meaning in Japanese ("area" maybe?), thus a new cafe/izakaya built atop an authentically old 1912 platform gets named "2013 Platform".  It's unfortunate, as people will misunderstand the fuzzy terminology and not realize the fascinating history of that platform - mistaking the 1912 platform (with the new 2013 part built onto the middle of the 1912 structure - and with the old 1912 passageways used for access) as having been built in its entirety (save the passageways) in 2013....

I mean... I *do* understand the thinking behind the name "2013 Platform" and there is a logic to it, but only if you ignore the actual meaning of the English word, so it would probably be best not to write the name in English (using katakana instead).  I wish they had called it "Platform 1912" which would be - in my view - a vastly better name.  So - here's my recommendation: Just *imagine* that the name is "Platform 1912" and enjoy the cool experience of having a beer on the old platform in the new izakaya *called* "2013 Platform".  1912... two years before the opening of the 1914 Tokyo Station building.

元万世橋駅散策散歩 夜の様子 Manseibashi Station Site Night Walkabout (131011)
http://youtu.be/9aHy3S4bT3A

Chuo Line Trains Passing Manseibashi Station Cafe 中央線と万世橋駅カフェ (131011)
http://youtu.be/Gtl5bMLnuK0

Manseibashi Station Platform Night Stroll 万世橋駅ホーム散歩 (131011)
http://youtu.be/zs2kggRM3kI

Water Reflections by Manseibashi Bridge 夜の万世橋 (131011)
http://youtu.be/YXCh4APC1KY

夜の昌平橋 Nighttime Shoheibashi Bridge Area (131011)
http://youtu.be/rLuXTlIGbyc

Restaurants Near Former Shoheibashi Station 元昌平橋駅辺りのレストラン (131011)
http://youtu.be/Syo47hnjWZY

Windy Railside Near Ochanomizu Station 風のある夜 御茶ノ水駅へ向かう (131011)
http://youtu.be/nj6T8zXRH2Q

1991 - Marunouchi Line Etc 丸ノ内線 赤坂 彼方此方 (910419)
http://youtu.be/XN_oUx6u8jw

Friday, April 19th, 1991 - This is one of the things I mentioned at the top of this post.  Within this 39-minute video are some fairly detailed looks at the inside of the old type of Marunouchi Line trains, including the many distinctive noises they made.  All of the Marunouchi Line trains that appear in the video are of the old type, save one, which shows that they were just starting to phase the much-liked old type of Marunouchi Line trains out.

In addition to street views in Ikebukuro and Shinjuku, I walk around in noontime Akasaka as well.

Osaki Station Area - Copyright 2013 by Lyle H Saxon

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